Thread formerly known as Hatch day is today

[Iain Utah]

Hey Marty, how are things? Baby doing any better? Ready for breeding season?

 

[Marty1876]

I'm Ok enough. Have had some medical issues this week, so I've only barely checked in.

I do have all birds in their correct breeding pens for 2 weeks now. The sebbie girl is still mooning over Dude, whos at my moms now. She was in town for my DDs 13th birthday last night, and took him home. Poor girl seems very lonely now.

Baby eats and rests a lot. She's quieter overall now. I think she's a little depressed, so I'm about to put a few extra drakes in with her. I figure she's rather have a couple of ducks than goats as her closest buddy. She does have an OK appetite. She doesn't try to walk as much now. I think she misses the geese at night.

 

[Mrs. Fluffy Puffy]

Glad you caught the culprit !

Took pics of "Rosevelt" (my daughters goose) back to when I bought the eggs ~ Mom is a Toulouse/African & Dad is a 100% canadian ~ So my mutt bird & a Life'r here ~

What beautiful geese!

Jules he/she is very sweet, talks all the time ~ goes "What What" .... "What What" (but not loud)

Never sexed the bird.... So its a he?

I took pics of my Ohiks & My trio of sebbies too. Anyone want to see them? I know when I do pics I get everyone done

When I saw this picture I started to cry..he is a spitting image of Cotton...my gorgeous Lavender Saddleback gander that I lost. Do you have anymore pictures of your precious boy? He reminds me so much of Cotton.

I have no idea if it's a he, lol. Of course we want to see more pics. You take great pics, wish you were closer so you could come photograph my flock for me.

I love the lil Call. So adorable!

Hey all, you guys have been chatty. Cool to see the thread hopping again.

Aspen, CONGRATS on catching that nasty predator!

RG, thanks for the talk earlier. I enjoyed picking your brain on doggie nutrition. You really know your stuff!! Love the pics, too. Your drakes are very pretty. Yay for Roosevelt! I'm glad to see a lifer at your place.

Thanks Iain...

~ Aspen

 

[JulieNKC]

What is this cutie ?

The little one is one of my call ducklings. The only one to hatch out that color, and my favorite lol. I got my embden from ideal. And the canada goose came from an egg given to me by a friend that was in her goose's nest. Figured it was one of her geese, but apparently one of the wild geese there were dumping eggs in other nests. When she hatched I was hoping she was a cross actually, lol, because of the pics of mixes that I'd seen. I don't know if she'll stay here or leave with the other geese around once she's breeding age. I'm hoping she'll come back to nest.

Hiya Iain
Hiya everyone everyone everyone

Hiya hiya Marty!

What beautiful geese!
When I saw this picture I started to cry..he is a spitting image of Cotton...my gorgeous Lavender Saddleback gander that I lost. Do you have anymore pictures of your precious boy? He reminds me so much of Cotton.

I love the lil Call. So adorable!
Thanks Iain...

~ Aspen

Thanks. Not quite as cute as chocolate duck, but I like her lol.

 

[Marty1876]

Hi Julie, hows things in the big city area? Do you have any goose eggs yet? I sure don't. Not complaining, but it seems like lots of folks are getting them. Mine have been seperated for a couple of weeks now.

 

[bakingintherain]

I get to listen to my emu's today! Hubby bought me a stethoscope!!!

Oh yeah - I'm getting my gallbladder out tomorrow, so if I'm posting this weekend and not making much sense, I'm probably high on Percocet.

hope your surgery went well! gives me a reason to log in everyday

Good Luck, looking forward to your weekend posts!

Ask away, what can we do to help you? We love to help.

you guys are awesome! missed you guys!

Well, it's official. I plugged in the incubator today. Hatching season, here we go! Tomorrow 23 buff orpington eggs and maybe one/two duck eggs are going in. Fuzzy butts are incoming!
Good luck! Looking forward to some silly posts

can't wait till we get a few days above freezing!

Good luck with surgery, lookin forward to your druggy posts

Oh let the hatchin begin

I hatch all my eggs pointy side down, the whole incubation, until LD on their sides

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So friggin kewl !!!
I listened to my 2 eggs set Dec 28th that are supposed to hatch Feb 19th ~ BOTH HAD HEARTBEATS !!!! (Emu Phil)



Then I listened to the other 2 set on Jan 5th ~ I bought at auction ~ BOTH HAD HEARTBEATS !!!!



I have
3 ~ set on January 19th from Auction
4 ~ set on January 29th from Auction
6 ~ set on January 31st from Emu Phil

and

Just bought 6 more today & are in route this week!

So how many is that now????
So out of the 1st 4 eggs ~ I hear 4

Well I currently have a trio of colored sebbies, and one Canadian cross for geese. I REALLY like my American buffs last year, well I actually liked all my geese & all you peeps know I was The MadHatcher last year!

But these 4 never made it to the freezer. I wanted some goose eggs this spring. I know she has a bunch of breeds, she got the assortment from a hatchery. I don't know if she can even tell which breed is which. So I need to figure that out how to tell them apart

Wh & Br Chinese
2loose
Poms
Embden
African
Am Buff
Roman tufted (I know the easy one right?)
Need to find pics of week olds of each of these before I go

They are all only a week old.

$20 an egg is average, but can get spendy if you are getting them shipped ~ I pay $46 for two eggs (shipping incl'd) from Cali.
From auction I have averaged $20ea & bought all 4 one week, $23 for 2 & 3 another 2 weeks at auction.

I already have 8 people interested in Emu chicks, and that is just word of mouth from auction. I do not know how many will hatch. I have never hatched them before. One guy tried last year & bought 13 & hatched 2. I now will have 23 set ~

But could you imagine if all hatched

I have a big glass aquarium we are setting up in our living room, while they are day olds, so I can talk to them, and keep a CLOSE eye on them! Does anone know how to raise baby emu's ????

i bet they will be a riot to watch!

Oh my, I am dying to get some Canadian Geese! Mmmm...how many new pens is that, I need to built..?? 1...2...3...4................................

Are the Tufted Romans white or buff? I have one Tufted White Roman goose...and no mate for her. After the breeding season, unless I find a use for her, I may end up selling her to someone for a pet. I really love the look of the tufts though. So adorable!

I hatched out a Crested Blue Swedish X duckling yesterday. It is sooooo adorable. I have no idea how I'm going to sell it! LOL

Most of the people in my area probably have no clue what an Emu even is! LOL I would love to hatch and keep some tho. Why do I have to be so bird crazy? Oh well....

I'd better get myself outside and start working on more pens, yes? ; ) Heehee

~ Aspen

i wish i live closer i would take him in a heartbeat! if you decide to keep him i want eggs!

Do you have pics of your cross? Was the mom or dad a canada? I googled some pics of domestic/canada crosses awhile ago, and they were gorgeous. Too bad they are infertile, or I'd love to just have a flock of them, lol. I saved a pic of one I saw googling because it was just so pretty and I want a goose like it.

so pretty!

I told you all I recently lost three of my precious geese...here is what we caught...........


The first night we set the trap, we caught our wild 'barn' cat...we relocated the cat.


The next night we set the trap again and something wallowed it around and set it off. We went to TSC that morning, and picked up a larger trap. This time we staked them in the ground so they couldn't be moved around.

Third night here is what we caught:







...you are probably wondering what on earth our dog is doing in the trap....

That night I had told one of the little ones to feed Rusty ( the dog), so they took his food out onto the front porch and called him...he always comes ...but this time he didn't. I instantly knew right where he was...sure enough I walked out into the backyard, looked into the goose pen where the traps were set and....




Fourth night - we finally caught the little murderer!!



The guys had fun using him as target practice. He cost me about $300.-$400 dollars. Good riddance!

~ Aspen

glad you caught it! i bet you can rest easier now!

Took pics today.... Hope no one minds my updated flock pics.
My Blue Cayuga Drake that managed to stay away from freezerland!

Glad you caught the culprit !

Took pics of "Rosevelt" (my daughters goose) back to when I bought the eggs ~ Mom is a Toulouse/African & Dad is a 100% canadian ~ So my mutt bird & a Life'r here ~

My other Drake ! He is so sweet & a good meaty guy

Butt I don't want you to take my picture!




Now you see me .... Now you don't

Jules he/she is very sweet, talks all the time ~ goes "What What" .... "What What" (but not loud)

Never sexed the bird.... So its a he?

I took pics of my Ohiks & My trio of sebbies too. Anyone want to see them? I know when I do pics I get everyone done

your birds are absolutely stunning!

I have no idea if it's a he, lol. Of course we want to see more pics. You take great pics, wish you were closer so you could come photograph my flock for me.

i always love seeing pics of your flock Julie!

Hey all, you guys have been chatty. Cool to see the thread hopping again.

Aspen, CONGRATS on catching that nasty predator!

RG, thanks for the talk earlier. I enjoyed picking your brain on doggie nutrition. You really know your stuff!! Love the pics, too. Your drakes are very pretty. Yay for Roosevelt! I'm glad to see a lifer at your place.

Hiya Iain
Hiya everyone everyone everyone

I'm Ok enough. Have had some medical issues this week, so I've only barely checked in.

I do have all birds in their correct breeding pens for 2 weeks now. The sebbie girl is still mooning over Dude, whos at my moms now. She was in town for my DDs 13th birthday last night, and took him home. Poor girl seems very lonely now.

Baby eats and rests a lot. She's quieter overall now. I think she's a little depressed, so I'm about to put a few extra drakes in with her. I figure she's rather have a couple of ducks than goats as her closest buddy. She does have an OK appetite. She doesn't try to walk as much now. I think she misses the geese at night.

hope you feel better soon! poor baby

 

[Marty1876]

Mrs. Fluffy Puffy, glad you caught the varment. Third time's a charm.

However, the look on your dogs face is priceless!

 

[JulieNKC]

Hi Julie, hows things in the big city area? Do you have any goose eggs yet? I sure don't. Not complaining, but it seems like lots of folks are getting them. Mine have been seperated for a couple of weeks now.

No goose eggs here. No duck eggs, and barely any chicken eggs, lol. I might actually have fertile eggs from my goose this year too. Paulla and Jerry have been nice enough to offer stud service from their gander Halloween, so I'll be "renting" him for a little bit.

And I'll be able to see if I can handle a gander and my kids and breeding season hormones and all or if I should wait another year or 2 before getting one.

hope your surgery went well! gives me a reason to log in everyday

you guys are awesome! missed you guys!

can't wait till we get a few days above freezing!

i bet they will be a riot to watch!

i wish i live closer i would take him in a heartbeat! if you decide to keep him i want eggs!

so pretty!
glad you caught it! i bet you can rest easier now!



your birds are absolutely stunning!

i always love seeing pics of your flock Julie!

hope you feel better soon! poor baby

Yay for the catch up posts! Love them, and love that there are actually posts to catch up on.

 

[Marty1876]

Baking - nice to see ya girl, good on ya for getting back here again!

Julie - yeah, my birds are on strike too, and I don't go plug in the light, so I guess I'm waiting until springtime for more eggs. It seemed to me my moms geese don't start laying until mid to late march.

 

[JulieNKC]

Baking - nice to see ya girl, good on ya for getting back here again!

Julie - yeah, my birds are on strike too, and I don't go plug in the light, so I guess I'm waiting until springtime for more eggs. It seemed to me my moms geese don't start laying until mid to late march.

I just want a few before Easter, to blow out and decorate, lol. So I'm hoping she'll start around the beginning of March, so I have time to get them done. Then she can take a break and wait until the end of march to start back up.